All of them: MN Senate Republicans refuse to hold the line on funding state veterans' programs

On the county level, the county veterans service officer is the latter's best first hope, a staff person to guide them through the state and federal programs a more-or-less grateful nation provides to those who give their time to serving the country.

So what is the Republican majority in the Minnesota legislature doing about this increased need?

. . .DFLers said cutting that money would hurt veterans, soldiers and college students most. Targets could include a state soldiers assistance program, which provides emergency financial aid to veterans, along with money for county veterans service officers. . . .[emphasis added]

Today, Senate DFLers asked to send the conference committee report for HF130 sent back so that a slight changecould be made to the language, a change that would ensure that veterans' programs would not be put on the chopping block.

Not a single Republican voted to protect veterans' programs. The DFL Senate Caucus has posted video from the floor debate: